From the left to the right:
Bandit B22: Ester, Cate & Anthony, Ruggeromare & Rosa Lin, Farryn, Moonglownight, Sea, Nicole.
Bandit IF: Emileigh, Julia, Juicy, Max & Wyndi Jackson, Siri,
Dock: Red.
Committee boat: Daenerys.
In the last North Sea Thursday Triple Threat race in January, after several skippers kept changing their boat choice, we had a fleet of thirteen Bandits at the raceline just before the starting signal. We had seven Bandit 22 LTEs and six Bandit IFs. Two Bandit 22s and one Bandit IF had crew on board. A skipper had started too soon and did not want to come back. Another skipper had technical problems. As a result, they dropped out of the race. The Bandit 22s race was exciting until the end. With the Bandit IF’s the tone was soon controlled given by one skipper.
There were five DNFs (Did Not Finish) and one DSQs (Disqualified) through both races and it was another successful and sporty day in The North Sea.
Race Director: Daenerys
Assistant Race Directors: Red, and Cryptic
Wind: 260° 
17kts
Wind: 220° (SW) 18kts
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Disqualified (DSQ) = number of finish + number of DNFs + 1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start + 1
Today’s winners on the Bandit 22 LTE were Sea (filax Carter), with Nicole (Nicole Myhre) second, and Cate (Cate Sewell) in third place.
Today’s winners on the Bandit IF were Jack (Jacquimo Resident), with Siri (Sirius Rosca) second, and Julia (Geneer Gynoid) in third place.
Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Rugger (Ruggeromare Resident) was disqualified (DSQ) during the first race for starting too early, and never circling back to properly restart.
Sea (filax Carter), Nicole (Nicole Myhre), and Cate (Cate Sewell) all finished tied with 5 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
| Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
| filax Carter | 1 | 4 |
| Nicole Myhre | 2 | 3 |
| Cate Sewell | 2 | 3 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Sea’s favor with having first place finish over Nicole’s and Cate’s second place finishes as their best.
As Nicole and Cate both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to further break this tie:
“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 |
| Nicole Myhre | 3 | 2 |
| Cate Sewell | 2 | 3 |
In the last race, Nicole breaks the tie with Cate with her second place finish over Cate’s third place finish
Ester (citacg Resident) and Farryn (FarrynMoon Resident) both finished tied with 10 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
| Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
| citacg Resident | 4 | 6 |
| FarrynMoon Resident | 5 | 5 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Ester’s favor with having a fourth place finish over Farryn’s fifth place finish as her best.
Julia (Geneer Gynoid), Juicy (juice651 Resident), Emi (Emileigh Starbrook), and Max (Maximiliano Szondi) all finished tied with 8 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
| Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
| Geneer Gynoid | 2 | 6 |
| juice651 Resident | 3 | 5 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 3 | 5 |
| Maximiliano Szondi | 4 | 4 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Julia’s favor with having a second place finish over Juicy’s, and Emi’s third place, and Max’s fourth place finishes as their best.
As Juicy and Emi both have duplicate finishes, Rule A8.2 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this remaining tie:
“If a tie still remains between two or more boats, they shall be ranked in order of their scores in the last race. Any remaining ties shall be broken by using the tied boats’ scores in the next-to-last race and so on until all ties are broken. These scores shall be used even if some of them are excluded scores.“
| Skipper | Race 1 | Race 2 |
| juice651 Resident | 5 | 3 |
| Emileigh Starbrook | 3 | 5 |
In the last race, Juicy breaks the tie with Emi with his third place finish over Emi’s fifth place finish.
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